i got the same problem since snow leopard, and the same question...

On Jun 13, 4:28 pm, sclough <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've noticed periodically when I invoke QS, that there seems to be a
> hesitation for a few seconds before it responds to my input. The
> command window comes up, but it just doesn't respond. For example, if
> I'm activating an application I can invoke QS, type in the characters
> needed, and hit enter to active the app before QS even displays that
> app in the UI. Since QS has learned what I want, I just type and go
> even though I'm not getting any visual feedback. When I do this it
> seems like there's a pause when I hit enter as QS updates the UI to
> display the icon that matches what I typed before it actually launches
> or actives it. Hopefully this makes sense. Anyway, I'm wondering if
> there's anything that can be done to help this? I've thought about
> trying to replace my catalog entirely with spotlight sources in case
> refreshing the catalog is the issue, although I would assume that's
> something done in the background that shouldn't affect the ui. I can't
> think of much else that I could tweak beyond reducing the number of
> catalog items, but my catalog isn't massive (probably around 1,500
> items including address book, files, and everything). Any ideas about
> what's causing this and what I could do to improve performance?

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